Jonathon Jones b. 1978

  • Artist (Installation Artist) , (Mixed Media Artist) , (Draughtsman) , (Sculptor)
installation artist and curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the Art Gallery of NSW. Jones was born in Sydney in 1978 and is of Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi descent.
Name
Jonathon Jones
Birth date
1978
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
Other Occupation
  • Curator
Active Period
  • 1997-
Cultural Heritage
  • Indigenous Australian
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1999 College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Is Indigenous
Yes

installation artist and curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the Art Gallery of NSW. Jones was born in Sydney in 1978 and is of Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi descent.

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Writers:
Georgouras, Alexander
De Lorenzo, Catherine
Date written:
2010
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Christine Evans
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Ruark Lewis
1960
Artist (Draughtsman), Architect, Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Theatre / Film Designer), Artist (Video Artist)
associate of
Adam Hill
1970
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Gallery Garry Keldoulis, Sydney, NSW
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
revolution
2010
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Also at Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, NSW.
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
2010- 2009
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sydney, NSW
A work of Persol: 48th Salone del Mobile
2009
Exhibition (exhibited at)
OTTO ZOO Gallery, Milan, Italy
Fremantle Print Award
2009
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
Light Sensitive Material: works from the Verghis Collection
2009
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW
Octopus 9: I Forgot to Forget
2009
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, VIC
Also at Canberra Contemporary Art Space.
untitled (heads or tails)
2009
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Floating Life
2009
Exhibition ()
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
GBK
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC
39
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
SNO Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney, NSW
Moving Light
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Freemantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
NEW08
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC
Lines in the Sand
2008
Exhibition ()
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
trademark
2007
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, NSW
Homelands Illuminations
2007
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
With Ruark Lewis
Blanche (Phase 1)
2007
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Chalk Horse, Sydney, NSW
With KC Adams
The Trouble with the Weather: a southern response
2007
Exhibition (exhibited at)
UTS Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Nguurramban: From Where We Are At
2007
Exhibition ()
Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda, VIC
Celebrating Aboriginal Rights?
2007
Exhibition ()
Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
white lines
2005- 2006
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Westpac Bank Headquarters, Sydney, NSW
white lines
2005
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, NSW
blue poles
2004
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, NSW
Terra Alterius
2004
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Quiet
2004
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Aquaspace Savannah, Ga., USA
Traveling Light - Collaborative Projects by Pacific Artists
2004
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Pacific Wave Festival at Performance Space and Museum of Sydney, NSW
Curated by Blair French and Fiona Winning
Australian Culture Now
2003
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
With Darren Dale and David Page
lumination
2003
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, NSW
Wilson Brothers Site
2003
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Redfern, Sydney, NSW
With PSB Landscape Architects
Sound of Missing Objects, with Ilaria Vanni and Panos Couros
2003
Exhibition (exhibited at)
The Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
40 Ambivalent Words
2003
Exhibition (exhibited at)
CLUBS project Inc., Melbourne
With Ruark Lewis
Il Palazzo Delle Liberta
2003
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Palazzo Della Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Italy
Dream Traces
2003
Exhibition (exhibited at)
University of Brighton, England, UK
Artbox Inc.
2003
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sherman Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Arcanum
2003
Exhibition (exhibited at)
First Draft, Sydney, NSW
Picturing Paradise
2003
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Mori Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Red Out, with Jim Viveaere
2002
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Contemporary Art Foundation of Auckland, New Zealand
Festivus
2002
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Reckonings
2001
Exhibition (exhibited at)
The Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
With Nuha Sadd, Ruark Lewis and Romaine Morton
Further
2001
Exhibition (exhibited at)
A-Space, Sydney, NSW
Colour is the Battle Between Light and Dark
2001
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
What's Love Got To Do With It
2001
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne Institute of Technology, Storey Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Temporary Fixtures
2001
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Art Space, Sydney, NSW
Art of Place
2000
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Old Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
(national tour)
Mum Shirl The Sacred Trust of Memory Exhibition
2000
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Camden Museum, Sydney, NSW
New Beginnings and New Ideas, and Comfort Zone
2000
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative Ltd.
Triggered
2000
Exhibition (exhibited at)
First Draft, Sydney
Trigger
1999
Exhibition (exhibited at)
First Draft, Sydney, NSW
Objectionable
1999
Exhibition (exhibited at)
COFA Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sight Unseen
1998
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Tusculum, Royal Australian Institute of Architecture, Sydney
Djalarinji: Something that belongs to us
1998
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW
What is Aboriginal Art?
1997
Exhibition ()
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Recognitions
Citations:
  • White, Anna-Marie, (2010), Jonathan Jones: Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi, (exh. cat. Place: Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland, NZ) http://www.timmelville.com
  • Georgouras, Alexander, (2010), Interview with the artist, Unknown, Type: interview